Legal Opinion
Jackie SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellant, and UNUM Life Insurance Company, Defendant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1996No. 95-20415PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Texas Children’s Hospital appeals the district court’s order remanding to state court a state-law fraudulent-inducement claim. We must decide whether Smith has preserved a fraudulent-inducement claim, and, if so, whether it is nevertheless preempted by the broad federal reach of ERISA We conclude that Smith’s claim may escape ERISA preemption if preserved, but vacate and remand because of uncertainties in the proceedings below as to whether Smith has actually preserved it.
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Jackie Smith alleges the following. She started working at St. Luke’s Hospital in…
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